Months ago, RJR Fabrics asked if I'd like some solids to play with and then blog about. Umm, yes please.
I've always loved RJR's cottons. Having worked in a quilt shop for over four years, I've had the privilege of handling a lot of different fabrics, and these just have a wonderful hand, so nice and soft.
For my project, I chose the colours 265, 337, 221, 237, 217, 218, 169, 280, 292, 274, 283, 351 and 341.
In all honestly, I'd started something else completely scrappy... and then scrapped it. It looked very, very odd to me for some reason. I don't even remember what I did, I just remember not liking it at all.
Thankfully I hadn't gotten far, so I ended up making courthouse steps (what else is new!?) and thought the solids would do really well with bunching them in fours so it looks very graphic. I used prints for the centres so that it would give it a little interest, and I used a sketch fabric for one of the light greys. Mainly because I'd run out of colour combos and fabric. So now, it's a design element hehehe!
I think it'd make an awesome picnic quilt... if only I went on picnics or could bring myself to put the quilt on the ground and sit on it lol Maybe an indoor picnic with the hubs :) He's cute, I'll let him sit on the quilt and eat something... not drippy...
I used a sketch for binding too because I just love it for a binding nothing else seems to work. Plus I'd run out of solids, remember? Hehe!
If you'd like to have a peek at the wonderful projects my fellow quilters have made, you can go to the RJR Facebook page and have a browse :) And if you'd like to buy these yummy solids, Pink Castle Fabrics has a lovely selection!
*** GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED ***
The winner of the FQ bundle is Bethany Martini! Congratulations!!!
oh how yummy! Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteLove the solids and the design. How did ypu get your edges like that? Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLOL - I actually like having my quilts used (and abused) - it gives me an excuse to make another one!
ReplyDeletewerled@hotmail.com
What lovely colors!
ReplyDeleteLove this! How did you get the edges like that
ReplyDeleteI love your finished quilt, and who can resist RJR fabrics?!!!! sayitaintsew10@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI love how your quilt turned out - especially the binding! thanks!
ReplyDeleteSo fun Audrie! And I love this version of Courthouse steps, always nice to have our "go to " pattern.
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ReplyDeleteLove this quilt design in the solids!
ReplyDeleteYou're so real - I appreciate that! Your sense of color and design is appealing. Thank you for the chance to win a bundle of fun!
ReplyDelete(sorry for deleting my first comment/realized I'd neglected to follow instructions with email)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a pretty quilt with the colors used. I think the binding is my favorite. Beautiful job.
vburr at charter dot net
Love the colors and design. Thanks for the chance :)
ReplyDeleteThat quilt is so cool. I love it. I wouldn't want to put it on the ground for a picnic either. It is too beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors...love the pattern. Nice to meet you!
ReplyDeleteReally love this!
ReplyDeleteI think the colours you chose are great, and the pattern really makes them shine! caitlindevlin (at) hotmail (dot) com
ReplyDeleteI love how you used the courthouse steps patterns for this! The quilt is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love your courthouse steps! So gorgeous! I must make one!
ReplyDeletelove it love it! Perfect pattern for a solids quilt (which I normally do not like) This one is exceptional!
ReplyDeletepick me pick me
hidngat39@yahoo.com
/Peggy
Not drippy. That would be what I'd have to serve my hubby, too! Beautiful quilt. Thanks for the giveaway. I use solids but have never tried these.
ReplyDeleteJamierehmann at yahoo dot com
I always love your work, Audrie -- thanks for all the constant inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors and the design. It's so bright and happy. edrin1932(at)gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThe quilt is beautiful. Thanks for a great giveaway.
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful selection of colors!
ReplyDeleteReally like you did with this. Would love to win.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win the RJR Fabrics bundle!
ReplyDeleteRaverne at comcast.net
Great colors and the courthouse steps are perfect for them
ReplyDeleteI love how graphic it turned out. ThAnks for the giveaway!!
ReplyDeletelove courthouse steps, and it looks great in solids.
ReplyDeleteDianne
Love the colors popping!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful color play! Ebthorn-at-gmail-com
ReplyDeleteWoohoo I am in Canada and totally enjoying this sunshine!! Air con is broken so we are embracing the fresh air!
ReplyDeleteanna brown ...happyness04431@yahoo.com........wow very pretty ...cant wait to get me some solids lol ty for giveaway .....
ReplyDeleteBeautiful courthouse steps, and I love how you've used the colors! Give the hubs some peanut butter toast and coffee and let him have a little picnic inside. ��
ReplyDeletepatrina@getprecise.com
I love the solids...love your design!...clinhart440@comcast.net
ReplyDeletePretty colors. 24Tangent "at" gmail "dot" com
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win that yummy bundle of solids! Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteDidn't expect a giveaway at the bottom when I was searching for the comments, so I could say "I really love this quilt." I enjoy working with solids partially because I think they are timeless in a way that prints aren't. But you have a made a striking, beautiful quilt that I may have to make! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHello,oh so pretty and always needed by quilters! Thanks for your blog+giveaway!
ReplyDeletemsstitcher1214@gmail.com
I haven't tried making courthouse steps before, but now I want to after seeing your gorgeous quilt! Thank you for the giveaway and for sharing your quilt.
ReplyDeletececiliayoung at gmx dot com
how fun! i love when running out of fabric or cutting wrong turns into a design element.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt! I love solids :) Thanks for the chance to win. alonzoteressa at hotmail dot com.
ReplyDeleteI love solids and these are so nice. I usually try to get some grey into a quilt too. Love your quilt too. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is so bright and cheerful. What a treat it would be to win the fabric and create something like it. Thanks for the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteLove the quilt AND the colors - thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt and love those yummy fabrics! Thanks a bunch for the chance to win! ☺
ReplyDeletemy nana maree @ yahoo . com
Love this!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win :)
I LOVE solids! Ttmarler@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bundle, thanks for the giveaway! e dot chesebrough at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!! I love your color choices.
ReplyDeletethis is a great giveaway...but more importantly...that is a most beautiful quilt!!! your courthouse steps have always been so inspiring. and i love the color-blocking on this one! thanks for the chance to win the colors.
ReplyDeletepeeper at maine dot rr dot com
I love the solids in Courthouse Steps! It is a lovely quilt to be used for picnics.
ReplyDeleteI love the fabric. Your quilt turned out wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLove the quilt, and the color mixture! Stunning.
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt! It turned out great. I also love those fabrics, there are so many pretty colors to chose from.
ReplyDeleteserenap95(at)hotmail(dot)com
I don't remember ever having the pleasure of RJR fabrics. This stack looks ever so yummy!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilt and lovely colors choices! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteLove your blog, Audrie, and I really like the RJR solids. Fun!
ReplyDeletelove your blog for inspiration! these colors are pretty but really interested in how they feel. thanks for the chance to win them.
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt. I have not seen the steps before, very pretty.
ReplyDeleteebbtide45 at yahoo dot com.
Love the quilt. Keep the great ideas coming!
ReplyDeleteI keep a picnic quilt in the car. Not that I picnic much, but I like to know there's a quilt at hand any time the urge strikes to grab a take-out sandwich or salad and go sit on the grass somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI seriously want your quilt! It's awesome!
ReplyDeleteI love the graphic look of your quilt! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love the look of this quilt! I can't throw quilts on the grass either...only for pictures, then it gets an intense shaking/beat down. ;)
ReplyDeleteI am slowing overcoming my allergy to solids so I'd be excited to win this bundle. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm mostly familiar with Kona solids but I'm open to new things - especially it it's fabric! :>)Love your quilt - you've got me thinking about Courthouse Steps in a graphic way!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great use of the solids - I'm inspired!
ReplyDeletegreat quilt, from the usa
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt! I am solids deprived since I always blow my whole fabric budget on crazy patterns. Makes for some pretty loud quilts!
ReplyDeleteallisonpogany@gmail.com
Your quilt is fabulous! carolann427@aol.com
ReplyDeleteDunno why...but I'm kinda on a solids kick right now. I like the contrast in your blocks.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty.
ReplyDeleteLove that pattern. I agree with you...I'd have a really hard time putting a quilt on the ground for a picnic. lol
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking about working on a quilt with solids for awhile. Love the color combinations that you picked!
ReplyDeleteLove those courthouse steps!
ReplyDeleteLove your color combos in all your quilts! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors of your quilt! Looks like a lot of pieces to me! I'm the one who wants to do stuff FAST! Probably because it has taken me years to get back into my quilting! Love solids!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors and the quilt.
ReplyDeleteLove your Court House Squares in solids! Great choice. svonfumetti at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt! Thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt! Really enjoy the contrast of the solid colors with the white. Would love to win the fabric. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteLove your courthouse steps. I need to give this one a try.
ReplyDeleteI think that is probably how our grant grandmothers and aunts ended up displaying quilts on walls- it makes it harder for the men in our lives to drip stuff on them.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win a bundle of solids, I've not used RJR cottons before (I think everyone and their mother will be over the summer though!) so I'm keeping my fingers crossed to win!
I love these colors together, love this quilt!
ReplyDeleteyour "design choices" are awesome! i love the colors in this quilt.
ReplyDeletelove it--and I'd be like you--couldn't bear to sit on it ;)
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS!!!! I love this quilt and might have to copy you.
ReplyDeletesuch a great giveaway! Thanks. I love how modern the traditional blocks look!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! Adding courthouse steps to my "to do" list. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt!
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! Lovely solids! And beautiful quilt!
ReplyDeleteI love these solids but I have yet to make a quilt with just solids. maybe I can try one like this. Thanks for the chance to win this collection too.
ReplyDeleteDMR1157@hotmail.com
I love the crisp, bright colours of your quilt. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fab giveaway!
pippirose59 at gmail dot com
I'm gonna be shaded "Green with envy" if I don't win!!!! Such a beautiful quilt and love all the vibrant colors
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, beautiful quilt! Your color combinations are fantastic! sarah@forrussia.org
ReplyDeleteLove this quilt! So stunning and such a departure from what I'm normally drawn too! So thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteLove solids, and your little dash of sketch.
ReplyDeleteGreat bundle!! thank you.
ReplyDeleteLove solids in a quilt!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty quilt. The solids look great in that pattern. I've never used RJR solids so this bundle would be a fun win. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteI think you made really good use of the solids in making this quilt. I love log cabin style quilts and this one is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteI love quilts made from all solids, and your quilt is beautiful! Thanks!
ReplyDeletedbelliott@outlook.com
Yes, yes, I would love to win. I am collecting solids so that I can make a quilt. Love yours. thanks for the giveaway
ReplyDeleteBeautiful solids! I like the way you used sqs to make diamonds. I don't do bias, but this way, I woudn't have to! Good pattern!
ReplyDeletewhat a lovely quilt! pretty fabrics to work with!
ReplyDeletewake board shopper at g mail dot com
Your quilt is so beautifully crisp and graphic!
ReplyDeletet_ktl at yahoo.com
Oh, this is a lovely bundle! Thanks for the chance to win! :) bethanymartini at aol dot com
ReplyDeleteI want to make a picnic quilt, but I hear what you said about not wanting to put it in the grass - my fear is that if I made something it would stain, or I would be so scared that it would stain that I wouldn't use it!
ReplyDeleteNice color combo. I couldn't bear to put it on the ground either. Though keeping the cats off of it is its own problem. : )Thanks! notwendy gmail
ReplyDeleteI would love to win!
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Kathy Davis
Lots of pretty colors.
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weceno(at)yahoo(dot)com
Oh my goodness, those colours are just glorious. Such intensity. What a great pattern to put those together. thanks for the giveaway jjandarh@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteYour take on the courthouse steps is so inspiring!
ReplyDeleteColorful and beautiful quilt. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilt and fabric.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Peggy
peggy_verdongibbs@att.net
I need more solids in my life! Thank you for the chance to win some. I love your idea of grouping them in fours on your quilt. It turned out beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThose solids are certainly beautiful. I never seem to have enough of them
ReplyDeleteLove those colors, thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteLove solids! Your quilt is very pretty.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great quilt! I'm not practiced at making all solid quilts yet, I think I need to work on this, they can look so lovely!
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt! I doubt I'd ever put in on the ground outside, either! pbstrand@msn.com
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! I've been wanting to play with solids and this would be the perfect way to start.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that solid fabric has made a comeback and I can see why!!! Your quilt is gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors! Chrishart80(at)gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWhat a great collection of solids! Thanks for this giveaway!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is fantastic! Thanks for a chance to win these solids and for sharing your awesome courthouse steps with us! angela.breaux@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt. Planning a solids quilt right now. Winning would put me over the moon! Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteCute quilt. Isn't it funny how we are about our quilts. I try to divorce myself from the quilts I gift but it does really bother me when I see one stuffed in the trunk or being used as a rag. Then again, I just took off a lone star that is sewn and quilted so horribly I sincerely hope I never see it on a bed! It is the quilt from !@#**. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt. i have yet to make an all solid quilt but it is on my list.
ReplyDeletetushay3(at)yahoo(dot)com
We used to camp a lot until we bought a trailer and some mountain land to put it on. Now I can't get hubby to go anywhere! He loves his mountain. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWe used to camp a lot until we bought a trailer and some mountain land to put it on. Now I can't get hubby to go anywhere! He loves his mountain. Thanks. Forgot the email. bc (underscore) hats (at) Hotmail (dot) com
ReplyDeleteI love the quilt you made and would love to try these fabrics. Thank you. natalie.k711(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun quilt! I love the look of quilts made with solids!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely quilt! I haven't seen the RJR solids but I would love to have some to try!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is stunning in its simplicity. Love the colors of the bundle!
ReplyDeleteGreat colors!
ReplyDeleteFabulous quilt
ReplyDeleteLove your courthouse steps - great color choices!
ReplyDeleteI've seen some inspiring courthouse steps lately. Maybe I'll have to give them a try. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeletelovely quilt. I really like solids
ReplyDeletecooladam1 at live dot com
Your quilt is lovely!! I can see why solids have become so popular!!
ReplyDeletemicheletimms at gmail dot com
I'd have no problem using a quilt for a picnic. Quilts are washable after all!
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